The Melbourne protestor who assaulted a police horse with a flagpole and threw a bollard at an officer has been sentenced to jail.
Dennis Basic was today sentenced to two years and two months in prison over the assault of a police officer and police horse during the Melbourne Covid lockdown rallies in what the court described as an “appalling” attack.
The 42-year-old today plead guilty at the County Court to several charges including animal cruelty and assaulting an emergency worker.
Basic was also given time served after spending 326 days behind bars on remand which means he will be eligible for parole in just under one year.
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